Aug 5, 2026 · 1 hr 11 min · 10 segments
If you ever long for the days when Syfy was making and airing their monster-of-the-week shows, or miss the early seasons of The X-Files, then the book I have this week is definitely one for you…
Grace ViallGuestRaeHostAnd you can tell but it's almost like he goads her
but then we don't really have the background.
I sense for some reason, every time I saw these two together, I was reading about them and I was in my head.
It was, I really want to know what he did or what she did that made him want to poke the bear until she bit back at him.
I actually wrote a chapter which didn't make it in the final cut and I was so disappointed, but hopefully I can bring it back again later.
And honestly, what kicked it all off was just Nick being Nick, where Alexis went in starry-eyed in love with the archives and the research and wanting everyone to like her and just to be part of this team that her dad had been a part of.
And every time he pokes her button, it just reaffirms her belief that he is the worst person to possibly work
with.
And he's, I wouldn't even say he's organized chaos because the description you give of his office reminds me first of the desk that I'm looking at that I don't want to see for the If that's his desk, if that's how he keeps his desk, and this is something that you almost hear Alexis saying, if his desk is that chaotic, what's his brain like? Oh,
I feel like Nick spends so much time in his brain that he just neglects the outside world entirely.
But I think it's because his brain just works so fast and he's always so lost in his own thoughts that it just doesn't occur to him to organize
at all.
But at the same time, there are certain things that he does want to maintain when it comes to order.
It's just not apparent on the desk that is breaking so many rules.
It's unbelievable.
And you can almost feel the tension coming off Alexis when she has to go and see him in his office.
And you can tell but it's almost like he goads her
but then we don't really have the background.
I sense for some reason, every time I saw these two together, I was reading about them and I was in my head.
It was, I really want to know what he did or what she did that made him want to poke the bear until she bit back at him.
I actually wrote a chapter which didn't make it in the final cut and I was so disappointed, but hopefully I can bring it back again later.
And honestly, what kicked it all off was just Nick being Nick, where Alexis went in starry-eyed in love with the archives and the research and wanting everyone to like her and just to be part of this team that her dad had been a part of.
And every time he pokes her button, it just reaffirms her belief that he is the worst person to possibly work
with.
And he's, I wouldn't even say he's organized chaos because the description you give of his office reminds me first of the desk that I'm looking at that I don't want to see for the If that's his desk, if that's how he keeps his desk, and this is something that you almost hear Alexis saying, if his desk is that chaotic, what's his brain like? Oh,
I feel like Nick spends so much time in his brain that he just neglects the outside world entirely.
But I think it's because his brain just works so fast and he's always so lost in his own thoughts that it just doesn't occur to him to organize
at all.
But at the same time, there are certain things that he does want to maintain when it comes to order.
It's just not apparent on the desk that is breaking so many rules.
It's unbelievable.
And you can almost feel the tension coming off Alexis when she has to go and see him in his office.
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